WAN Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 52 49
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +14
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.18% 0.84% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.45% 4.35% 10.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £37,625 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% +20.59% -22.73%
75th Percentile £62,500 £59,063 £43,750
90th Percentile - £61,875 £58,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £36,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.29% - -19.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Milton Keynes

WAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 29 69 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 5.19% 19.22% 12.69%
Number of salaries quoted 23 60 63
10th Percentile £35,150 £35,000 £28,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.32% +1.06%
75th Percentile £63,750 £88,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,600 £92,000 £77,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,500 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.87% +21.05% +2.70%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

WAN job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

WAN
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware